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Ettrick Park

Ettrick Park from directly overhead

Ettrick Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Gunns Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Petersburg Patton Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 1.5 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
32 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.24399, -77.43016

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Petersburg Patton Park: 1.1 mi
  • Petersburg Patton Park: 1.1 mi
  • McKenzie Street Park: 1.2 mi
  • Flora M Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Low Street Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Peter Jones Trading Station: 1.5 mi
  • Fort Gregg, Petersburg National Battlefield: 3.4 mi
  • Sixth Maryland Infantry: 5.2 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 8.4 mi
  • Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 10.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 52
Gardens: 37
  • Stockton Community Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Broad Rock Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Swansboro Community Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Sankofa Community Orchard: 18.7 mi
Museums: 36
Springs: 10
  • Beaufont Springs: 18.8 mi
  • Fonticello Lithia Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Forest Hill Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Chimborazo Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Spring: 19.4 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Blanco Mount: 10.5 mi
  • Kimages Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Lamptie Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Malvern Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Evelynton Heights: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 11.3 mi
  • Pony Pasture - James River Park: 21.9 mi
  • Toe Ink Wayside: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Carson Safety Rest Area: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ettrick Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunns HillSW 227°107 m22.8 mi
Gambles HillN 358°44 m20.3 mi
Turkey HillNNE 21°43 m23.6 mi
Malvern HillNE 45°41 m14.9 mi
Evelynton HeightsENE 69°28 m16.4 mi
Blanco MountNE 39°25 m10.5 mi
Lamptie HillNE 52°24 m14.5 mi
Kimages HillENE 59°17 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2116:1616:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394148586775797771604942
Precip in3.02.74.43.64.44.24.75.34.63.43.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 2 mi away.

  • Japanese stiltgrass35 obs
  • Chinese privet26 obs
  • common pawpaw23 obs
  • henbit deadnettle23 obs
  • cardinal flower20 obs
  • American sweetgum20 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia19 obs
  • American pokeweed18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/315035688

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